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Strana 8
... Charles the Twelfth . But the finest heroic poem , several of the most powerful tragedies , and the most brilliant and picturesque historical work that Frederick had ever read , were Voltaire's . Such high and various excellence moved ...
... Charles the Twelfth . But the finest heroic poem , several of the most powerful tragedies , and the most brilliant and picturesque historical work that Frederick had ever read , were Voltaire's . Such high and various excellence moved ...
Strana 11
... Charles VI . , Emperor of Germany , the last descendant in the male line of the house of Austria . Charles left no son , and had long before his death retinquished all hopes of male issue . During the latter part of his life his ...
... Charles VI . , Emperor of Germany , the last descendant in the male line of the house of Austria . Charles left no son , and had long before his death retinquished all hopes of male issue . During the latter part of his life his ...
Strana 14
... Charles , Elector of Bavaria , pretended that he had a right to a large part of the inheritance which the " Pragmatic Sanction " gave to the Queen of Hungary , but he was not sufficiently powerful to move without support . It might ...
... Charles , Elector of Bavaria , pretended that he had a right to a large part of the inheritance which the " Pragmatic Sanction " gave to the Queen of Hungary , but he was not sufficiently powerful to move without support . It might ...
Strana 15
... Charles the Twelfth at Bender . Frederick's first battle was fought at Molwicz , and never did the career of a great commander open in a more inauspicious manner . His army was victorious . Not only , however , did he not establish his ...
... Charles the Twelfth at Bender . Frederick's first battle was fought at Molwicz , and never did the career of a great commander open in a more inauspicious manner . His army was victorious . Not only , however , did he not establish his ...
Strana 17
... Charles of Lorraine , brother - in - law to Maria Theresa , a bold and active , though unfortunate general , gave battle to the Prussians at Chotusitz , and was defeated . The king was still only a learner of the military art . He ...
... Charles of Lorraine , brother - in - law to Maria Theresa , a bold and active , though unfortunate general , gave battle to the Prussians at Chotusitz , and was defeated . The king was still only a learner of the military art . He ...
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Strana 39 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
Strana 25 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Strana 9 - ... for objects in nature around me, that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed. When I feel my muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study, and there commit my effusions to paper; swinging at intervals on the hind legs of my elbowchair, by way of calling forth my own critical strictures, as my pen goes on. Seriously, this, at home, is almost invariably my way.
Strana 25 - We know nothing, or next to nothing, of the substance or structure of our souls, so cannot account for those seeming caprices in them that one should be particularly pleased with this thing, or struck with that, which, on minds of a different cast, makes no extraordinary impression. I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the harebell, the foxglove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Strana 2 - I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery.
Strana 18 - ... amidst, that he describes : those scenes, rude and humble as they are, have kindled beautiful emotions in his soul, noble thoughts, and definite resolves; and he speaks forth what is in him, not from any outward call of vanity or interest, but because his heart is too full to be silent. He speaks it with such melody and modulation as he can; 'in homely rustic jingle;' but it is his own, and genuine.
Strana 18 - All that remains of Burns, the Writings he has left, seem to us, as we hinted above, no more than a poor mutilated fraction of what was in him ; brief, broken glimpses of a genius that could never show itself complete ; that wanted all things for completeness : culture, leisure, true effort, nay even length of life.
Strana 2 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Strana 44 - Confute me," he concluded," by proofs of Scripture, or else by plain just arguments: I cannot recant otherwise. For it is neither safe nor prudent to do aught against conscience. Here stand I; I can do no other: God assist me!"—It is, as we say, the greatest moment in the Modern History of Men.
Strana 39 - is the key of "heaven and of hell: a drop of blood shed in the cause of " God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two